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Copan Destination Guide

Discover Copan in Honduras

Copan in the region of Copán with its 6,336 habitants is a town located in Honduras - some 140 mi or ( 225 km ) West of Tegucigalpa , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Copan

Local time in Copan is now 05:40 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Tegucigalpa " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Belmopan, San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Zacapa, and Trapichitos. When in this area, you might want to check out Belmopan . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Copan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Canopy sobre cascada en Copán Ruinas - Honduras

1:38 min by Pitu de Lalín
Views: 5797 Rating: 4.80

Descenso por tirolina de 1 km en Copán, Honduras, con cascada incluída. ..

Copán

0:19 min by fuzzfolk
Views: 2691 Rating: 5.00

View of the Gran Plaza/Plaza Central from the ball court ..


Finca de Cisne Margreet98's photos around Copan, Honduras (canal 13 honduras la entrada copan)

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
Views: 1459 Rating: 5.00

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Copan zipline over Mayan Ruins - Honduras

2:20 min by travelbug1970
Views: 850 Rating: 0.00

One of the world's longest and highest ziplines!!! Watching the video you think that I am just skimming through some bushes and grass..... but that is the canopy of the forest!! Yes... overtop of the ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Copán

Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It was the capital city of a major Classic period kingdom from the 5th to 9th centuries AD. The city was located in the extreme southeast of the Mesoamerican cultural region, on the frontier with the Isthmo-Colombian cultural region, and was almost surrounded by non-Maya peoples.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.84 -89.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Honduras, Classic period in Mesoamerica, Copan, Copán Department, Former populated places in Honduras, Honduran culture, Maya sites in Honduras, Megalithic monuments, Mesoamerican pyramids, Mesoamerican stelae, Rock art in North America, World Heritage Sites in Honduras

Mayatan Bilingual School

Mayatan Bilingual School is a non-profit, private, independent bilingual (Spanish/English) co-educational day school located in Copán Ruinas, Copán, Honduras. In the 2010-11 school year the enrollment was 300 students from Pre-Kinder through 11th grade. Mayatan's first high school class entered in 2009-10 and will graduate in 2012. The school uses volunteer native English speakers, primarily from North America, as the lead teachers for each class.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.85 -89.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Bilingual schools, Educational institutions established in 1991, Schools in Honduras

Cabañas, Copán

Cabañas is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán.

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Located at 14.83 -89.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Copán Department, Populated places in Honduras

Santa Rita, Copán

Santa Rita is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán.

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Located at 14.87 -89.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Copán Department, Populated places in Honduras

San Fernando, Ocotepeque

San Fernando is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque.

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Located at 14.68 -89.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Ocotepeque Department, Populated places in Honduras

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